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There’s enchantment here, and the precision of memory laid down to a throbbing beat: The next day I decide to go to London and meet Nick Danger. Dave probably meant well, but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not going to connect me with anyone at Melody Maker. The last time I was in his room, I saw the copies of my press clippings in a pile with some of his class notes. Despite being in England for a full month […]

A friend asked me in the comments (http://skepperson.com/) if there were any similarities between the chapters of the novel I was posting and the real story of Bogart and Bacall. She asking if a story element, “sympathy as an aphrodisiac”, came into play with Bacall’s feeling for Bogart. I thought I’d better post my response. They were crazy about each other. She may have been sympathetic to the fact he was in a horrible and violent marriage (Mayo Methot came […]